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The fourth season of Arrested Development will be released again — as a remix. Creator Mitch Hurwitz revealed on social media that he’s recut the entire season and will be releasing it on Netflix as Arrested Development Season 4 Remix: Fateful Consequences. The original Season 4 focused on one character per episode…

Finally! Four years after the fourth season of Arrested Development premiered on Netflix, kicking off conversations about a fifth season, a follow-up season has been officially greenlighted. The Season 5 pickup comes on the heels of star Jason Bateman announcing on Twitter that he had closed a deal to return to the…

Here’s the first trailer for Lady Dynamite, Netflix’s new comedy series starring Maria Bamford and executive produced by Bamford, Mitch Hurwitz and Pam Brady, which will be previewed tonight during 4/20 Keep Netflix Weird FYC event. The Weed Day-themed event for TV Academy members, held at the Cinefamily Silent Movie…

In Season 4 of Arrested Development, the Bluth clan set out to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico to "keep Mexicans out," and Lindsay Bluth’s “Put up the wall” speech landed her so much public support that she decided to run for office on the Republican ticket. Three years later, that plotline does not sound…

Netflix boss Ted Sarandos said in January that the Internet network is aiming at offering as many as 20 original scripted series a year. The company is well on its way with a slew of new series pickups in the past few months. The latest is Lady Dynamite, a single-camera comedy starring actress-comedian Maria Bamford…

EXCLUSIVE: Mitch Hurwitz is staying in the Netflix fold with a multi-year deal, a rare pact with a writer-producer for the streaming giant. Under the multi-tier agreement, the Arrested Development creator will create and produce new original series for the Internet TV network through his banner The Hurwitz Company…

Paul Brownfield is an AwardsLine contributor. On May 26 at 12:01 a.m., 15 new episodes of Arrested Development went live on Netflix; by 5 a.m., the series' legions of fans probably had exhausted the new supply. The comedy’s cancellation of Arrested by Fox in 2006, after two seasons, prompted an afterlife of rumors and…

EXCLUSIVE: After a four-year stint at WME, Mitch Hurwitz has re-signed with CAA. The Emmy-winning Arrested Development creator had been a long-time CAA client when he moved to WME exactly four years ago, becoming one of the first signing for the then-newly merged agency. Hurwitz recently reconnected with its old…

When Netflix gets around to filming new episodes of Arrested Development — show creator Mitch Hurwitz says production will begin this summer — the streaming video service will release all 10 new segments at once, according to a report on Mashable. The new episodes will be released “sometime next year,” Netflix said…

Netflix And Showtime Eye Potential New 'Arrested Development' Limited Series Just like it did with its first original series acquisition, drama House Of Cards, Netflix has outbid an established pay cable network for the rights to new episodes of short-lived Arrested Development. Netflix and Showtime had both been…

UPDATED: Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurtwitz dropped another bombshell today, telling a panel at The New Yorker Festival that he plans to bring the Emmy-winning series back to television for a limited 9-10 episode run before proceeding with the long-gestating Arrested Development movie. He didn’t specify where…

Drawing on his experience with his comedy series Arrested Development canceled after 53 episodes (and a best comedy series Emmy) and Running Wilde axed after 13 episodes, Mitch Hurwitz wrote the following Guide to Getting A Sitcom Canceled for the British newspaper The Guardian. Its publication is tied to Arrested Deve…